Central Line‚ Adult A central line is a soft‚ flexible tube (catheter) that is used to give medicine or nutrition through a person’s veins. The tip of the central line ends in a large vein (vena cava) just above the person’s heart. Medicine given through the central line is quickly mixed with blood because the blood flow within this large vein is so great. This dilutes the medicine so it is swiftly delivered throughout the body. A central line may be placed because: You need medicine that
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The patient is a 45 year old man who had GI surgery 4 days ago. He is NPO‚ has a nasogastric tube‚ and IV fluids of D51/2saline at 100 mL/hr. The nursing physical assessment includes the following: alert and oriented; fine crackles; capillary refill within normal limits; moving all extremities‚ complaining of abdominal pain‚ muscle aches‚ and "cottony" mouth; dry mucous membranes‚ bowel sounds hypoactive‚ last BM four days ago; skin turgor is poor; 200 mL of dark green substance has drained from
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS Definition Stimulants are a substance which tends to increase behavioral activity when administered. Primary action of a diverse group of pharmacologic agents – adverse effect associated with many drugs. Signs and symptoms * Elevate Mood * Increase Motor Activity * Increase Alertness * Decrease need for Sleep *In case of overdose lead to convulsion and death. Mode of Action * Block neurotransmitters
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1. Introduction | | Every town/municipality’s name in the province of Cebu is connoted with its roots or history. The name Daanbantayan was derived from two words: the word "Daan" (which means "old" in the Cebuano language‚ and the word "Bantayan" which refers to a place that served as a "look-out-station" for Moro raiders before the Spaniards obtained control of the Philippines. Since then‚ Daanbantayan has been growing into a progressive municipality until it becomes a first class one. It
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM The Brain -recap * The brain receives signals from inside and outside the body. * It keeps the basic‚ body functions such as heart beat rate‚ breathing rate and temperature control ticking over‚ without us having to think about it. * It also allows us to decide to do things like running and walking and many more complex tasks. It is where our personalities and moods and emotions come from. * The brain of a human being makes up about one-fiftieth of
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Question 1: Briefly explain role of the following Financial Institutions in the economic development of Kenya: a) Kenya Industrial Estates: Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) Limited was established in 1967 as a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) with a major role of promoting indigenous entrepreneurship by financing and developing small scale and micro enterprises. KIE Limited was established to facilitate development and incubation of micro‚ small and medium enterprises
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Title: Post Soviet Gender developments in Central Asia Author: Minakhi Das Institution: Jawaharlal Nehru University‚ New Delhi Email: minakhi.jnu@gmail.com Abstract:- The development process affects men and women differently. Modernization of agriculture has altered the division of labour between the sexes‚ increasing women’s dependent status as well as their workload. Women often lose control over resources such as land and are generally excluded from access to new technology. Due to technological
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Bank of England The Bank of England‚ is the central bank of the United Kingdom . Established in 1694‚ it is the second oldest central bank in the world‚ and the world’s 8th oldest bank if you include commercial banks. It was established to act as the English Government’s banker‚ and to this day it still acts as the banker for the U.K Government‚ the Bank was privately owned and operated from its foundation in 1694 but it was nationalised in 1946. The bank of England has about £156 billion pounds
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THE CENTRAL BANK SHOULD AIM FOR ZERO INFLATION Inflation confers no benefit on society‚ but it imposes several real costs. Economists have identified six costs of inflation: • Shoe leather costs associated with reduced money holdings • Menu costs associated with more frequent adjustment of prices • Increased variability of relative prices • Unintended changes in tax liabilities due to non-indexation of the tax code Confusion and inconvenience resulting from a changing unit of account •
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region VII‚ Central Visayas Division of Bohol UBAY III‚ SOUTHWEST DISTRICT BULILIS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Bulilis‚ Ubay‚ Bohol November 13‚ 2014 CONDUCT OF 2014 2nd QUARTER EARTHQUAKE DRILL I. INTRODUCTION Having
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